Ivy
Welcome to Ivy!
Dream Big, Dare to Fail
Welcome to the Class Page for Ivy.
We hope that you find the information on this page useful. If you have any further questions please speak to a member of the Reception and Year 1 Team
Our Class name is:
'Ivy'
Here you will find out what we will be learning each half term, the staff, useful dates and links to support learning at home.
Staff
The Class Teacher in Ivy is:
Miss Hope
The Class Teacher is also supported by:
Mrs Saloo Miss Watson
Important Information
Click the link below to view the Ivy Timetable :
PE will be on a Tuesday (indoor) and a Thursday (outdoor)
On this day, children can come to school in their PE kits for the whole day.
Please ensure your children has the following PE kit -
- Plain White round neck t-shirt or the Orchard logo PE kit
- Plain Black PE shorts
- Plain Black tracksuit bottoms
- Trainers
On PE days, children need to pack a spare jumper/ hoody for colder days or in case the weather becomes colder throughout the day.
White PE T-shirts with the Orchard Logo are available to order from: https://www.sptuniforms.co.uk/product-category/orchard-primary-academy/
Ivy Library day is: Thursday
The children will be able to select a book to bring home and share every other week. Please ensure that this book comes back into school on the following thursday, to be bale to swap for another.
The children in 1 Ivy class will also receive a new home reading book weekly. We suggest reading a few pages each night. Parents need to record home reading on our digital reading record - Boom Reader.
Click on the Boom Reader logo below to take you to the parents log in page
Key Dates
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School reopens - Tuesday 22nd April.
Parents evenings - Tuesday 29th April and Wednesday the 30th April.
Bank Holiday (school closed) - Monday 5th May
School Shut for half term - Friday 23rd May
School reopens - Monday 2nd June
Curriculum stay and learn 2pm - 3pm - Thursday 12th June
Transition day - Tuesday1st July
Sports Day - Thursday 3rd July
Summer Fayre -Thursday10th July
School Closed for Summer - Friday 18th July
This half term we will be learning ...
Our Topic this half term is called:
'Our World'
- We will noticing and talking about the changes in seasons and weather.
- Looing at nature as art.
- looking at the life cycles of frogs and butterflies.
- Finding out about the worlds continents and oceans and what being under the sea might be like.
- Comparing where we live with a contrasting country.
Science
This term we are going to be covering objectives from: animals including humans (looking at the structure of different animals, understanding which animals are carnivore, herbivore and omnivore); seasonal change (observing change within the weather and plant life) and plants (we will label trees and flowering plants, knowing names of different trees in our locality. Here is some key vocabulary you can discuss at home to support your child:
Phonics
We use a teaching programme called Read Write Inc. (RWI) to teach our children to read and spell. In RWI lessons, the children are taught new sounds and these progress from set 1 - 3.
In Year 1, children continue to learn set 2 sounds, consolidate set 1 sounds and progress onto set 3 sounds.
Children learn to read words by sound-blending using a frog called Fred. Fred says the sounds and children help him blend the sounds to read each word. Children also learn to read red words on sight. Red words are words that cannot be segmented or blended.
Here is a link to help support the teaching of Phonics at home-
https://www.ruthmiskin.com/parentsandcarers/
Nursery Rhyme Focus
At Orchard Primary Academy, we learn a range of Nursery Rhymes throughout our time in the Early Years. Nursery Rhymes are important as they help us to develop key skills. This includes:
- Learning new words and extending our vocabulary
- Learning early Maths skills such as counting aloud using finger movements and actions
- Developing social skills such as turn taking
- Learning different beats and rhythms
- Develop positive relationships between children and adults.
This half term we will be focusing upon learning these Nursery Rhymes:
English
This Term we will cover the stories: Life savers, Cops and robbers and Supertato.
Yr1-
This half term we will cover the texts which all focus on the world around us. We will be starting out looking at texts around tiny mini beasts and by the end of the term will be studying books about the huge, deep oceans! We will be using these texts to write sentences which we may use in post cards, instructions and stories.
Reception-
During this half term we will use the FANTASTIC's Lenses to describe and order Plot Points by reading the following books,
This Term we will cover the stories: Growing frogs, A butterfly is patient, Meet the Oceans and a Professor Astro Cat's Solar system. We will look at the key plot points whilst reading the books , we will also chot words and begin to write dictated sentences using our phonics knowledge.
Maths
Reception-
At Orchard Primary Academy we follow the NCETM Mastery Mathematics Approach. During the Spring 1half term we will focusing on the following Maths skills:
- Counting to 10 and beyond.
- Reading numerals and creating a set to match.
- Looking at the composition of 5 and the pairs of numbers that add up to 5.
- Beginning to look at number bonds to 10.
- Counting sets and recording a numeral to match.
BBC Bitesize - Number bonds to 10
Year 1-
In our Maths lessons we will be continuing with the unit 'Place value to 50' before starting our Multiplication unit.
Here are some ideas to support your child with Maths at home:
- Give children a large number of objects. Ask them to count by grouping into tens and ones. Draw attention to different ways the children have grouped the sets of 10 objects.
- Use chalk to draw number lines with different start and end point values on the pavement or in your garden. Children can practise starting on a given number and hopping to another number.
- Get children to collect some stones or pebbles. Ask children to put them in equal or unequal groups. How many different equal groups can they make?
Here are some BBC Bitesize pages you can use at home:
BBC Bitesize - Multiply and Divide
Religious Education
Our key questions for RE are
'How do we understand and care for the world'
PSHE -
We have a weekly my happy mind lesson to help us talk about our emotions and to learn mindfulness.
This half term our topic is 'Engage'
PE
This half term we will be focusing on -
'sports day practise skills and dance using equipment'
Links to try at home
Here are websites which you can use at home to support your child's learning.Read Write Inc. Guide for Parents
Parental Partnerships
At Orchard Primary Academy we value parental partnership. We understand that an effective partnership between school and home will have a positive impact on children’s learning.
We communicate with parents in various ways which include Parent Mail, Twitter, Facebook and Tapestry.
Parent Mail
Parent Mail is an app which allows us to send text messages, and letters to share information. You can also use this to pay for milk, trips and dinners. We will use your email address to activate your account.
The Academy Facebook page can be accessed by following the link below:
Tapestry
At Orchard Primary Academy, we use an online journal provider called ‘Tapestry’ to collect and store your child’s electronic ‘Learning Journey’.
Tapestry allows you to login with a secure username and password so that you can view photographs, videos and observations of your child’s learning.
You can like and comment on observations that we add for your child. You can also add your own observations. Please click the image below to access Tapestry:
